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> Since SQLite is used extensively in every smartphone, and there are more than 4.0 billion (4.0e9) smartphones in active use, each holding hundreds of SQLite database files, it is seems likely that there are over one trillion (1e12) SQLite databases in active use.

I find the scientific notation of the counts amusing given the sometimes different meanings of "billion" and "trillion" (especially with English as a second language):

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-52AI_ojyQ

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1FFhaWj9w (bonus: on French numbers)




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